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Procrustean Bed
see synonyms of procrustean bedNoun
1. procrustean bed, procrustean rule, procrustean standard
a standard that is enforced uniformly without regard to individuality
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Procrustean Bed
see synonyms of procrustean bedn.
An arbitrary standard to which exact conformity is forced.
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